Simulated pathways of the overflow waters in the North Atlantic: Subpolar to subtropical export

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-153

  Lozier, M Susan ^a   Gary, Stefan F ^a   Bower, Amy S ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Meridional overturning Lagrangian trajectories Overflow water pathways

Indexed keywords

DEEP FLOW FIELD; LABRADOR SEA WATERS; LOWER LIMB; MODELING STUDIES; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SUBPOLAR GYRES; TRANSPORT VARIABILITY; WATER-PATHWAY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GYRE; SEAWATER; SIMULATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84873453877     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.07.037     Document Type: Article

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